Krans Family History
Krans Name Meaning
Dutch: from Middle Dutch crans ‘wreath garland crown’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of wreaths and garlands a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a garland or a nickname for someone whose hair was tonsured. Swedish: ornamental name from krans ‘wreath garland’. Compare Krantz . German: nickname possibly for a gossip or a glutton from Middle High German grans ‘beak’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022